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Hospital improves performance against PFI energy targets
Hospital improves performance against PFI energy targets
- Metering surveys, PFI energy performance review
Overview
Onsite review to enable better performance against PFI energy consumption targets.
Services provided:
- Onsite energy survey
- PFI energy performance review
- Detailed energy saving recommendations
An acute hospital east of London needed to address its poor performance against contractual PFI energy performance targets.
Objectives
- Understand actual performance against PFI energy targets
- Establish the impact of weather on energy consumption
- Identify areas of energy waste
- Gain detailed recommendations for performance improvement
Project scope
Concept undertook a thorough site survey, paying close attention to the main heating and steam boilers, chillers, plant rooms and ventilation units. The assessment was based on energy data provided from meter readings, supplier invoices and half hourly electricity data.
We reviewed actual performance against PFI energy targets, the impact of weather on energy and performance, areas of excessive energy consumption and detailed recommendations for performance improvement.
Outcomes & deliverables
We gave the hospital a more accurate picture of energy use, plus identified savings of £136,970.
When we checked the metering on site, it became apparent that there was an anomaly in the meter reading/reporting process and in fact electricity consumption had been over-stated.
Using revised consumption figures for electricity, the site performance against target is significantly improved; in fact it is below the 59.44GJ/100m3 target threshold.
Energy savings of 10% identified: The building was performing well against published benchmarks. Yet we were still able to reveal a range of worthwhile opportunities for energy reduction. Estimated savings of £136,970 were identified and recommended to the client, equating to 781 tCO2 savings and a reduction in costs of 10%.
We estimate that investment in these measures would pay for itself in under 2.5 years.
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